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Spamton’s family for my Royal Caretaker AU! His siblings are quadruplets and then he’s the baby (and is, of course, super pissed as to why EVERYONE IN HIS FAMILY IS TALL EXCEPT HIM.) His siblings are all successful business people, and he felt like he could never live up to that, which is why he turned to scamming. In reality, his family was super supportive, but he just…didn’t see that? It’s like that scene from Meet The Robinsons (“Hey Goob! Wanna come over to my house today?” “They all *hated* me >:(“)

When he was trying to become a Royal Scientist, he dropped his last name (Addison) and went with just Spamton. Nothing else. He didn’t want to be associated with his family (despite them actually being nice people) and also didn’t want to have to live up to the name.

After the core incident, and Spamton becoming the underground’s new elusive ratman, the Addisons would sometimes run into him. They’d stare at each other with a mutual hint of recognition in their eyes before Spamton would run away. His pride was too great to try and get help from his family, and also he was pretty ashamed of what he had done.

Versailles !

Ingredients:

2 oz Old Tom gin,

1/2 oz bianco vermouth,

2 tsp Rose Liqueur,

3 dashes cherry bitters;

Garnish: 1 candied pink rose petal

Yield: 3 oz, serves 1

Method:

Fill the shaker with ice and add the ingredients, shaking until well chilled. Strain into the glass over 3 ice cubes and gently float the rose petal on top.

Cocktail Chameleon by Mark Addison / Assouline

Bloody Geisha !

Ingredients:

1 tsp black sesame seeds,

1 tsp white sesame seeds,

1 lemon wedge,

3 oz dry sake,

3 oz tomato juice,

1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger,

5 dashes of soy sauce,

1 tsp rice wine vinegar,

1 dash Sriracha,

1/2 oz yuzu juice or substitute fresh lemon juice;

Garnish:

Wasabi salt,

1 cooked and peeled prawn,

1 baby corn,

3 shiitake mushroom slices,

2 snow peas,

3-inch sushi nori strip

Yield: 7 oz, serves 1

Method:

Spread the black sesame seeds in a thin layer on one half of the small plate and the white sesame seeds on the other half. Rub the outer rim of the glass with the lemon wedge. Dip in the sesame seeds so half of the rim is coated with white seeds and the other half with black seeds.

Fill the cocktail shaker with ice, add the remaining ingredients, stir, and strain into the prepared glass.

Garnish with wasabi salt and a skewer of shrimp, corn, mushrooms, and snow peas wrapped in a nori strip.

"An Asian influence pervades this drink, thanks to an irresistible blend of savoury ingredients. Made from rice, sake has an alcohol content slightly higher than wine and a neutral presence that doesn’t overtake the other powerful flavours. Yuzu is a Japanese citrus that is rarely found fresh in the [west], but the bottled juice is readily available and quite delicious."

Cocktail Chameleon by Mark Addison / Assouline

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